Hinch fined 100K for his blog

[***super_nova***]

Hinch was fined $100 000 for his comments on Jill Meagher murder.  Hope that may be warning to other people who think they have the right to express their opinions regardless of consequences.

[freddie*rooster]

Will he ever learn?

[kennedia_nigricans]

yeah so glad we don't have freedom of speech here

[***super_nova***]

---

@kennedia_nigricans wrote:

yeah so glad we don't have freedom of speech here

---

Do you mean that people should have the right to say what ever they want whenever they want, regardless how true or how damaging to somebody it might be?  Even if it jeopardise a court case, and may result in dangerous person walking free?  That is not "freedom of speech", that is freedom to slander, freedom to whip up hate, freedom to incite violence...etc.  And to allow to happen means that rest of the community would be losing freedom to exist without being slandered, abused or victimised.

[azureline**]

---

@freddie*rooster wrote:

Will he ever learn?

---

It seems not? he continued to say he was in the right even after he apologised to the court for his crime.

He breached a suppression order, nothing to do with his freedom to speak.

[bright.ton42]

---

@freddie*rooster wrote:

Will he ever learn?

---

It doesn't look like it.  He puts himself above  the rest of the media then whinges when he gets fined. 

[cherry*135]

Ouch, that will hurt his bank a/c.

Hefty fine, but he would have known he was breaking the law.'

Derryn Hinch avoids jail, fined $100,000 for contempt of court

Broadcaster Derryn Hinch has been fined $100,000 for contempt of court after breaching a suppression order when revealing details of the past criminal history of Jill Meagher's killer, Adrian Ernest Bayley.

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Kaye said the contempt committed by Hinch was "particularly serious" and involved "grossly irresponsible" conduct.

Justice Kaye said Hinch was an experienced journalist who fully understood the importance of suppression orders.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/derryn-hinch-avoids-jail-fined-100000-for-contempt-...